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WEBBY: Aaron Sanderford - September 3, 2024. OMAHA — State Sen. Ernie Chambers, who pulled his name off the fall ballot in July, notarized paperwork Tuesday to run for his old legislative seat as a write-in candidate. Chambers, 87, still has to mail or hand-deliver the papers he signed at the Douglas County Election Commission to the Nebraska ...
Nebraska Education Department awarded $55 million federal …
WEB1 day ago — LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Education has been awarded a $55 million federal grant over the next five years to help improve literacy throughout the state. State Education Commissioner Brian Maher, in announcing the grant Friday at a State Board of Education meeting in Nebraska City, said ...
Nebraska Supreme Court hears arguments to block abortion …
WEB2 days ago — LINCOLN — Supporters of two competing abortion-related ballot initiatives spent Monday at the Nebraska Supreme Court seeking rulings by Friday’s deadline to finalize the ballot. Justices heard oral arguments in three lawsuits: two seeking to block an abortion-rights amendment from the fall ballot and …
Nebraska's new $3M, regional approach to spurring economic …
WEBAug 21, 2024 — OMAH A — Armed with an initial $3 million in public funds, Nebraska has now fully launched a new regional approach to economic development that organizers hope will accelerate growth and sharpen the state’s competitive edge.. On Wednesday in Omaha, the last of six regional teams had an inaugural meeting and started planning a signature project for the largely urban four-county area in and ...
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WEBAug 16, 2024 — A writing assignment for the times. BY: George Ayoub - August 26, 2024. As the dog days of late August drag on, seemingly beyond their allotted 24 hours, Nebraskans know what to expect in the lethargy brought on by endless heat and humidity. School starts. While asking young minds to focus in the swelter may seem counterintuitive to the ...
A timeline of the Nebraska Legislature’s summer property tax …
WEBSep 2, 2024 — LINCOLN — Over the span of the last four months, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen lobbied energetically for significant property tax relief, with a stated goal of attaining 40% total property tax relief by the end of his second year in office. He made clear his intentions in April to call a special session after his previous backed package, Legislative Bill …
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WEB5 days ago — BY: Aaron Sanderford - September 5, 2024. OMAHA — State Sen. Tony Vargas, the Democrat running for the U.S. House in Nebraska’s 2nd District, said voters should consider why his Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, did “a special favor” on a work visa for an international executive with Trump Media. Bacon told the …
Revenue Committee advances NE property tax relief package, with …
WEBAug 12, 2024 — Education; Government & Politics; Labor & Growth; Revenue Committee advances NE property tax relief package, with debate to start Tuesday Pared-back package would affect property tax policies for schools, municipalities, counties and natural resources districts; sales tax would be charged on about 70 new goods and services
Nebraska GOP closes ranks, endorses federal delegation
WEBAug 18, 2024 — Most would expect the state GOP’s central committee to endorse the five members of Nebraska’s all-GOP federal congressional delegation, as it did Saturday during a meeting in Hastings. But the Nebraska GOP has spent more than two years sorting out disagreements between some in the party’s grassroots and …